This Week in Esports with Mark Cai, September 6th-14th
Esports moving mainstream!
๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐๐๐๐)๐ฅ
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก – ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐
๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ค
– Team SMG inks 1-year deal with Under Armour
– RPM Esports partners with HyperX
– BLASTโs Ignition Series sponsored by Alienware Corporation and Gillette
– Nordavind establishes partnership with SteelSeries
– Golden Guardians partner with Softgiving
– OG Esports partners with DMScript
๐ข๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ข
– Alex Harris joins London Esports Ltd as part-owner and head of marketing
๐ธ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ธ
– Juked.gg initiates crowd equity fundraising campaign
– Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company to acquire four esports centers in Florida
๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐
– Formula 1 announces new mobile esports championship
– Ubisoft announces Rainbow Six World Cup with Tony Parker ambassador
– University of Washington launches UW Esports program
– Esports deemed official sport competition in Ukraine